The Kurganets-25 BMP is fitted with the "Afganit" active protection system including sensors and laser detection systems. On front side of the vehicle, there is seven cylinders (five on each side near the front of the turret and two on each front side of the hull) which can launch projectiles to counter guided missile.

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Army-2017: Armata family of vehicles to be fitted with new mobile power stations

Russia’s Armata-family combat vehicles will receive mobile power stations. These devices will be installed between the tank's storage batteries and engine. They will ensure an instant and smooth start of the engines at 50 degrees below zero, as well as the operation of turret traversing mechanisms, armament stabilization and combat control systems. This opportunity will be provided by supercapacitors - devices capable of instantly accumulating a large amount of electricity even from an empty battery and supplying the on-board systems for some time until the main engine is started, the newspaper Izvestia writes.

The scheme of the device is similar to the starters of the "start-stop" system, a technology designed to automatically turn off and restart the engine of the car to save fuel. The supercapacitor is able to compensate for energy loss when the engine is switched on and off repeatedly and increases the battery life. For the latter, this figure is several thousand charge-discharge cycles. The supercapacitor provides a million times more cycles.

Supercapacitors have been designed and manufactured by the Renova Group. Currently, these devices are supplied for city electric buses and starting loco diesels. As Mikhail Lifshits, director for high-tech assets development at Renova, told Izvestia, the products are currently offered to the military. The supercapacitor is studied as standard equipment for modernized Russian tanks, as well as Armata-family armored vehicles.

"We carried out full-scale tests of a supercapacitor for the cold start of a tank diesel engine," said Mikhail Lifshits. "The vehicle stood in the frost for a few days and its batteries were completely empty. Nevertheless, with the help of a supercapacitor-based mobile power station (its size did not exceed a conventional attache case), we were able to start a cold engine several times in a row. The use of such a device allows you to free the battery compartment of the tank almost by half for any other payload."

Expert Sergey Suvorov told Izvestia that the problem of the internal volume of armored vehicles is among most urgent for designers. Each liter of the interior space means an additional 100 kg of the structural weight. Freeing the internal volume not only reduces the weight of the tank, but also helps you to increase the amount of fuel and ammunition in the vehicle.

"Currently, the tank designers are fighting for fire safety," said Suvorov. "This leads to abandoning hydraulic armament stabilization and turret traverse systems. They are unreliable and, in case of the slightest damage, lead to the destruction of the turret. In addition, the turrets became very heavy. To rapidly traverse them 90-180 degrees, additional power plants, 10-kW diesel generators, are mounted. In the US tanks, this system is located in the outer box behind the turret. In Iraq, there were many situations when it was destroyed by machine gun fire. Oil leaked out and went right into the engine compartment. As a result, the tank became immobilized. The Americans classify these losses as those due to "secondary features." But the fact remains that... the tank was knocked out by a machine gun."

Using a supercapacitor makes it possible to replace hydraulics with a magnetic turret traverse system. Moreover, this not only provides a quick turn of the gun in the proper direction, but also activates the tank combat control system before the main engine is started, that is, gives the opprtunity to immediately use weapons.

Using a supercapacitor makes it possible to replace hydraulics with a magnetic turret traverse system. Moreover, this not only provides a quick turn of the gun in the proper direction, but also activates the tank combat control system before the main engine is started, that is, gives the opprtunity to immediately use weapons.

Army-2017: New Typhoon-M anti-subversion vehicle showcased for the first time

The Russian Strategic Missile Forces is for the first time displaying to the public at the International Military-Technical Army-2017 forum the unique combat anti-subversion Typhoon-M vehicle for the protection of mobile missile complexes Yars, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry said.

The system includes the possibility for the crew to use a mini-UAV to increase its reconnaissance capabilities

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Russian Army showcases fighting capabilities of its tanks and infantry fighting vehicles

Russia’s Army is showing the combat capabilities of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles at the Army 2017 international military and technical forum, the Defense Ministry’s press office said.

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Russian Aerospace Forces to showcase new fixed and rotary drones at Army-2017.

The S-500 air-defence missile system will enter service with the Russian Aerospace Forces (VCSs) in 2020 following the completion of testing, Deputy Defence Minister Yury Borisov said at the Army-2017 exhibition in Moscow.

S-500 testing is on schedule, according to Russian air-defence systems manufacturer Almaz Antei. Individual elements of the system have passed most of the testing, which is nearing completion, Vyacheslav Dzirkaln, Deputy General Director for Foreign Trade at Almaz Antei, said at the MAKS-2017 air show in July.

Russia's Kalashnikov Group, a subsidiary of the Rostec state corporation, has developed the Chukavin SVCh family of semi-automatic sniper rifles, which it unveiled at the Army-2017 international military-technical exhibition held outside Moscow.

The family comprises three rifles chambered for the domestic 7.62x54R, NATO 7.62x51, and .338 Lapua Magnum (8.6x69) rounds. The SVCh is designed to engage individual targets at a range of up to 1,500 m, depending on the round.

The rifle is gas-operated, using a short-stroke piston with a manual gas regulator to operate its rotating bolt. The bolt assembly runs in and from the inverted U-shaped steel upper receiver that runs most of the length of the barrel.

Tractor Plants has showcased the BMD-4M IFV upgraded with the new Sinitsa (Titmouse) combat compartment at Army-2017.

The Sinitsa is essentially a modernised BMP-3 IFV combat module modified to fit the BMD-4M. It has retained the powerful armament suite of the basic model, comprising a 100 mm 2A70 gun/launcher, with 40 high-explosive fragmentation rounds (including 22 stored in the autoloader) and four anti-tank guided missiles (including three in the autoloader); a 30 mm 2A72 automatic cannon with an ammunition load of 500 rounds; and a 7.62 PKTM medium machine gun with an ammunition load of 2,000 rounds.

Export version of the Project 21810 medium landing ship debuted at the Army-2017 forum, representative of the project developing company, Severnoye Design Bureau, told Mil.Today. The ship’s model was presented at the showroom of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC).

According to the Mil.Today’s insider, the project is by no means innovative, designing works started about ten years ago. Due to lack of money to build such ships for Russian Navy, they made an export version, added the insider.

Open sources say the Project 21810 ship is designed for landing operations on unprepared shore and destruction of enemy troops before landing. The ship displaces about 1,600 tons, is 97 meters long and 11 meters wide, capable to accelerate up to 16 knots; endurance is 30 days and operational range is up to 2,500 nm. The ship’s crew is 47 men. The ship accommodates five tanks up to 55 tons each and 200 men including tank crews, plus 300 tons of military cargo. Project 21810 ship is armed with A-22 Ogon ship-based flame-throwing system (110 rocket projectiles OF-45, caliber 140 mm) and A-215 Grad-M multiple launch rocket system with two MS-73 launchers (110 high-explosive fragmentation projectiles M-21OF, caliber 122 mm). In addition, it is expected to mount either two 30-mm automatic guns AK-630M or two Palma antiaircraft gun/missile systems. Air defense is represented by eight Igla launchers. The ship is equipped with a helipad accommodating a 12-ton helicopter

Russia's Kalashnikov Group, a subsidiary of the Rostec state corporation, has developed the Chukavin SVCh family of semi-automatic sniper rifles, which it unveiled at the Army-2017 international military-technical exhibition held outside Moscow.

The family comprises three rifles chambered for the domestic 7.62x54R, NATO 7.62x51, and .338 Lapua Magnum (8.6x69) rounds. The SVCh is designed to engage individual targets at a range of up to 1,500 m, depending on the round.

The rifle is gas-operated, using a short-stroke piston with a manual gas regulator to operate its rotating bolt. The bolt assembly runs in and from the inverted U-shaped steel upper receiver that runs most of the length of the barrel.